Friday, November 14, 2014

QCDG is honored to be working with 27th Letter, Cycles d'Autremont's line of cycling accessories. The recent batch of handlebar bags in 2 sizes is shown here, and both are offered in 2 colorways: grey waxed canvas with black leather trim, and tan waxed canvas with brown leather trim. Contact Hubert if you interested in picking up one of these beauties hdautrem@gmail.com

Saturday, April 12, 2014

We were bursting at the seams in our Church Street location. As of January 2014 we are now based at the top of Weaver street in Winooski, just over the bridge from Burlington. We feel right at home in a town built on textiles. Winooski's beautiful mill buildings once drove a thriving textile industry in Winooski and are still the focal point of town on the Winooski River. Our new home is just up the road.

Winooski Mill buildings c.1890

This move gives us much more space to work with and marks a transition to larger scale production that will allow us to begin selling our products to retail stores. We are finally settled in and back up an running and proud to be part of a new textile, sewing and manufacturing hub we are calling Factory 450, composed of3independent but complimentary businesses under one roof: Vermont Bosna Cutters, New Duds screen-printers and Queen City Dry Goods. Check out the recent 7days article featuring Factory 450.

Our new space. Queen City Dry Goods on one side, New Duds on the other:

Sunday, December 1, 2013

From the QCDG archives, I made this custom gun case a few years back for the president of Orvis. It required a full size wood form that was used to wet mold the leather to. Fully lined in shearling and stitched on the good 'ol Landis K outsole stitcher. This thing came out bomb proof! Click the link below to see a few more shots.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

The Queen City Dry Goods Vermont made t-shirt project is live! We are currently in the pre-order stage between now and Dec 1, 2013. Visit the official page for details and see all the great local artist designs that will be printed on our locally sewn t-shirts.
(UPDATE) The t-shirt project successfully met the funding goal! We are sincerely grateful for all the pre-orders that will help us to launch this operation. I can't wait to start shipping t-shirts. Thanks! -Matt Renna, QCDG.

Monday, June 17, 2013

This is the first leather version of the Queen City Racer jacket. It's a beautiful dark brown, super soft, naked cow hide and 100% cotton plaid lining that will breath nicely. The finished weight is really nice, not too heavy. This is one of 2 leather jackets that were purchased through the kicktarter project we ran last fall. I'm looking forward to seeing it all broken in and lived in! Click on the post heading to see more shots.
-Matt

Monday, April 1, 2013

Queen City has been commissioned to make a number of items for our friends at the new Hen of the Woodrestaurant, which will be housed in the soon to open Hotel Vermont in downtown Burlington. We are also making a number of items for Hotel Vermont. It is our great pleasure to be included in the long list of local Vermont designers and makers contributing to this venture. Check out their website if you haven't seen it. The hotel is nearly finished at the bottom of Cherry Street.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Our friends Mike and Shannon just launched their new jewelry line Raintree Metalsmiths. They make beautiful stuff. Check them out. We made these delicious little pouches to package the jewelry in. It was a pleasure to work with this luxurious leather, and it took their logo debossing quite nicely.

I stopped by the annual Cabot Hosiery seconds sale in Northfield, Vermont yesterday. The place was mobbed. So cool to see some good solid Vermont manufacturing thriving! I can't wait to visit them when the machines are running.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

If you haven't seen the Holdster yet, you should check it out! It's a Burlington, VT start up that Queen City consulted on and helped to bring from concept to reality. It's perfect for when you have a hot beverage in your favorite mason jar.

Queen City Dry Goods just finished a big order for the Guild & Company. These menus are made with laser cut bamboo and leather. A farm to table steakhouse with an in-house butcher, these menus are sure to fit in with the beautiful decor and custom work by Conant Metal and Light.

Queen City Dry Goods has made a small batch of samples for Vermont start up Bity Bean for their trade show debut. This will be the lightest, most compact baby carrier on the market. Best of luck at the show Doug!